American author and illustrator, born in Providence, RI, 1828. He graduated at Brown University in 1848, studied law and was admitted to the bar, but gave up practice and devoted himself to art. He illustrated The Potiphar Papers; Nothing to Wear; The Autocrat at the Breakfast Table, and other well-known works. He published Carrot Pomade in 1864; took a trip in Europe, and upon his return published a series of sketch-books written and illustrated by himself: On the Nile (1871); Ups and Downs on Land and Water (1871); Crossing the Atlantic (1872). Among other works are Jubilee Days (1872); Recollections of Auton House (1881); Married for Fun (1885). He died in Providence, RI, on the 2nd of April 1896.
